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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

French Country Hutch

One of my latest furniture projects had a mind of its own…but what else is new?? I have been in love with this hutch (below) for months and months…in fact, I have it pinned to at least two different Pinterest boards!
I haunted Craigslist for days/weeks/months/(who knows) to find a similar piece for a good price, and finally came across this one:

It was $75!! The only problem…it was in Kirkland, WA, while I was in Portland, OR, for spring break! The owner was moving, and it HAD to leave on one specific day, and I wasn’t going to be available. I fretted over that for a while, until an elegant solution occurred to me. I was supposed to paint a small chest of drawers for a client that she was picking up IN Kirkland! I made a deal…if she would pick up this hutch for me, I would paint her chest for free.

Everybody wins!

So the hutch came home in April, I think…and then it sat….and sat…and sat…until finally I was ready to do something with my dining room.

I tried my best to re-create the look of my inspiration picture. I painted the body with a DIY chalk paint made from SW Creamy ceiling paint! I distressed everything heavily, and also glazed it with a dark walnut stain .
I had a different vision for the backing other than beadboard, but I had to bring the hutch inside before I got to it in order to keep it “safe” from other garage projects. I placed it against the dining room wall that was supposed to be it’s new home…and promptly hated it.

It was too. darn. big.

Sadly, I knew right then that it wasn’t staying. I decided to use beadboard for the backing, painted a couple of shades darker than the rest of the hutch.

After putting it all together, I could appreciate that it was a pretty piece…just not for me! It has moved on to a new home now.

i one you loved is really big and looks even bigger than the one that you have. in the little bit that i can see to me it looks just fine. i live with things for a week and if i still do not like it i might try a new place and if that does not work then i would get rid.

WOW-what a transformation. And good for you for figuring out a way to get it! Proves, where there is a will, there is a way :)I love to see outdated furniture come back to life and this piece sure has.Thanks for sharing, came your way from Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday.Fondly,-Lisa